Edwin Dun
American agricultural consultant, rancher and diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edwin Dun (June 19, 1848 – May 15, 1931) was a rancher from Ohio who was employed as an o-yatoi gaikokujin in Hokkaidō by the Hokkaidō Development Commission (Kaitakushi) and advised the Japanese government on modernizing agricultural techniques during the Meiji modernization period.[1] He served as United States envoy to Japan from 1893 to 1897.
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Born | (1848-06-19)June 19, 1848 Chillicothe, Ohio, United States |
Died | May 15, 1931(1931-05-15) (aged 82) Tokyo, Japan |
Burial place | Aoyama Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Agricultural consultant, rancher, diplomat |
Relatives | Thomas Blakiston (brother-in-law) Josh Dun |
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Dun was a native of Chillicothe, Ohio and had studied at Miami University. After he inherited his father's ranch, he raised beef cattle and race horses, and wrote a number of papers on scientific methods in ranching.